Local Obits for Tue. Mar 12th, 2013
Banks
Mr. Ronald Joel Leach, age 65, of Maysville, GA died Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at his residence. Mr. Leach was born in Gainesville, GA to the late Roy and Vennie Brown Leach. Mr. ...
Dawson
Shane Michael Thurmond, 42, of Dawsonville passed away Tuesday March 12, 2013 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.Born February 3, 1971, he was a lifelong resident of ...
Forsyth
Mandy Helen Born, age 77 and a native of Forsyth County, passed away Tuesday, March 12, 2013. She was a member of Pine Crest Baptist Church. Helen loved her Church and family and ...
Valerie Jean Martin, of Forsyth County, GA, age 29, passed away on March 12, 2013. Valerie loved her family and friends intensely. She was high spirited and full of life. Valerie w ...
Habersham
Mildred Montez Brady, age 77 of Baldwin, passed away Tuesday, March 12, 2013, at Athens Regional Medical Center. Born in Greenville, South Carolina on December 07, 1935, she was a ...
Hall
Mrs. Barbara Lee Wilson, age 65, of Flowery Branch passed away Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at her residence. Funeral Services will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, March 15, 2013 from the Chapel ...
Jackson
Mrs. Grace Maddox Cornett, 95 of Hoschton died Tuesday March 12, 2013 at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center.A lifelong resident of Jackson County, Mrs. Cornett was the daughter o ...
Mr. William Thomas Self, age 73 of Braselton passed away, Tuesday March 12, 2013. Funeral services will be announced by Lawson Funeral Home, 4532 Highway 53, Hoschton, Ga. 30548, w ...
Lumpkin
Mr. Michael Garrett Welch , age 56 of Dahlonega, Ga. passed away Tuesday March 12, 2013.He had lived in Lumpkin County since 1980 after moving here from Harland, Kentucky. ...
Other
Ivie Funeral Home, Madison County Chapel in Danielsville, announces services for Lillian S. Strickland, 83, of Colbert who passed away early Tuesday morning at her residence. Born ...
Veda Rebecca Pruitt, of Canton, GA, age 72, passed away on March 12, 2013. She is preceded in death by her son, Allen Addington and her parents, Alva and Emily Buckley. Survivors i ...
White
Alexander Funeral Home of Cleveland announces the death of Mr. Everett Mills Hopper Jr., age 73 of Cleveland. Mr. Hopper passed away Tuesday, March 12, 2013.Graveside services are ...
Vernon Jordan, activist, former Clinton adviser, has died
According to a statement from his daughter, Vernon Jordan, a civil rights activist and former adviser to President Bill Clinton, has died
Mincey Marble founder, marble innovator dies at 86
Kenneth Mincey, who founded Gainesville-based Mincey Marble cast marble company, passed away at the age of 86 Friday.
Jo Ann Adams, Gainesville's first female pharmacist, dies at 93
When Jo Ann Trapnell Adams graduated from the University of Georgia School of Pharmacy, she was just 20 years old.
Mary Wilson, longest-reigning original Supreme, dies at 76
Mary Wilson, the longest-reigning original Supreme, has died at 76 years old
Former heavyweight champion Leon Spinks Jr. dies at 67
Former heavyweight champion Leon Spinks Jr. has died after battling prostate and other cancers
Oscar winner, ‘Sound of Music’ star Christopher Plummer dies
Christopher Plummer, the dashing award-winning actor who played Captain von Trapp in the film “The Sound of Music” and at 82 became the oldest Academy Award winner in history, has died
Hal Holbrook, prolific actor who played Twain, dies at 95
Award-winning character actor Hal Holbrook who toured the world as Mark Twain in a one-man show and uttered the immortal advice “Follow the money” in the political thriller “All the President’s Men,” has died